Table 1 Patient characteristics among the survey administration samples and respondents by survey mode (N = 5,815)

Female [N, (%)]

42 (8.0%)

820 (15.5%)

< 0.001^a

Age [Mean (SD)]

66.9 (12.6)

64.3 (13.6)

< 0.001^b

Married [N, (%)]

309 (58.6%)

2324 (44.0%)

< 0.001^a

Rural residence [N, (%)]

373 (71.2%)

3841 (72.6%)

0.135^a

CAN score [Mean (SD)]^†

64.8 (28.6)

59.0 (30.8)

< 0.001^b

Source: Self-Report –

Respondents Only (N = 909)

Mail-only sample respondents (N = 197)

MWP sample* respondents (N = 712)

p-value

At least some college [N, (%)]

118 (59.9%)

513 (72.1%)

< .0001^a

Self-reported physical health^‡[Mean (SD)]

2.6 (0.97)

2.6 (1.00)

0.90^c

Self-reported mental health^‡[Mean (SD)]

3.0 (1.19)

3.1 (1.22)

0.49^c

Received help to complete survey [N, (%)]

25 (12.7%)

101 (14.2%)

0.60^a

Overall satisfaction with VA care [Mean (SD)]^§

5.1 (1.28)

4.8 (1.47)

0.01^c